Judy was born July 6, 1938, in Oak Park, Ill., to Emil E. Brejcha and Eleanor Marie Michal Brejcha. She married Jerry Lee Jamison, Jan. 23, 1982, in Sycamore, Ill. She was a librarian at Hinsdale High School and Genoa-Kingston High School, both in Illinois, George Peabody Elementary and North Dallas High School, both in Dallas, and Westcliff Elementary in Fort Worth.

Judy loved roller coasters, gardening, traveling and spending time with her family. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.